October Movers and Shakers
South Dakota | Colorado | North Dakota | Nebraska | Montana | Utah | Wyoming
South Dakota
Pat Crownover has left Dakota State University following 8 years with DSU in the financial aid office and enrollment services. She has taken a position in Indianola, Iowa with the First United Methodist Church as Coordinator of Christian Ministries. Her last day was July 5.
Heather Muller, who has been with DSU since 1997, was selected as the office manager recently. Congratulations Heather!
DSU is pleased to now have Tami Smith join us as our enrollment services assistant filling Heather's open position. Tami came to Madison with her family in May. She and her husband are the owners of Radio Shack in town. Welcome Tami!
Colorado
Dave Gruen resigned from the University of Denver effective August 9th. He is taking some time off to look at his options and is not sure of his future plans. Good Luck, Dave!
North Dakota
Bob Neas, Director of Financial Aid at NDSU, was named one of six people nationwide to receive a regional leadership award from the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA). The award will be presented to Bob at RMASFAA 2002 in Bismarck. Bob was honored with the award for exhibiting high integrity and character, showing creative leadership, inspiring others to actively participate in professional development, making outstanding contributions at the regional and state levels, and supporting the goals and objectives of NASFAA. Congratulations Bob!
Laurie Weber, Financial Aid Counselor at Minot State University, recently completed her Master's degree in Management. Way to go Laurie!
Jackie Payne (formerly Ohme), Account Executive at Wells Fargo EFS, was married on August 3rd to Tori Payne. Jackie and her new husband will be relocating to Sioux Falls, SD in October. Congratulations, Mrs. Payne.
Nebraska
As of May this summer, Deb Lowry of York College has been promoted! Her new title is "Comptroller for York College". Congrats Deb!
Doane College reports Heidi Rasmussen decided to stay home last October after the birth of her second child. So long Heidi!
Penny James returns to Nebraska on May 15th to become the Director of Financial Aid for Western Nebraska Community College. She joins us from Wichita State University, where she was Associate Director of Financial Aid. Welcome back Penny!
Northeast Community College reports that Angie Shaffer received her Master's Degree and left to teach part-time and manage her parents business. Best of luck, Angie.
Laurie Greve was welcomed back to Northeast's Financial Aid office as a Financial Aid Specialist, July 8th. Welcome Back Laurie!
University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) lost Tammy Reece March 31st to Minneapolis, MN. She decided to be a stay-at-home mom shortly before her husband made a job change and they decided to head north! Best of luck to all!
Angie Miller from UNMC was promoted to Assistant Director of Financial Aid, which will certainly help keep the office running smoothly.
Mary Katz has been hired at UNMC to fill the position of Staff Assistant. Welcome Mary!
Mark Schilmoeller responded that he is busy at promoting consolidation loans in his new position of Affinity Marketing Manager at Nelnet. Go Mark!
EducationQuest Foundation wished Dianne Fick Bon Voyage in July. She resigned, got married, and moved to Chattanooga, Tennessee. Best wishes to Diane!
Wendy Olson joined NSLP in June as a Program Review/Policy Analyst. Welcome Wendy! Wendy replaces Jack Vogel who recently accepted a position with FACTS.
Wade Peterson was promoted from Regional Account Representative to Regional Director at Wells Fargo. Great job, Wade!
Nelnet welcomed Amanda Blue in her new position at Nelnet School Product Sales. She joined Nelnet from NSLP's Business Development Dept. Way to go, Amanda!
Christine Denicola, who was formerly with the Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education as Fiscal Officer/Research Coordinator, joined EducationQuest Foundation as Vice-President, Community Relations and Scholarships.
Jim and Lydia Thompson (Grace University) celebrated their 35th wedding anniversary on June 17 "in style" with cake and long time College World Series friends at Rosenblatt Stadium during the Rice-Notre Dame game.
Something about Mary... Mary Sommers, Director of Financial Aid at UNK, has been elected RAMSFAA President Elect. Way to go, Mary - NeASFAA is so proud of you!
It's a boy! Congratulations to Sarah Sell on the birth of Ethan Randall Torres. Born July 13th, he weighed in at 7.2lbs. and was 20½ in. long.
Big congratulations to Tammy and Rob Stevenson on the new arrival of Emma Yoo-Kyung! They met Emma for the first time in August in Seoul, South Korea. Emma is almost five months old. Big brother Isaiah is 3 ½ and was ready and waiting for his new sister!
Montana
Judy Chapman, MSU-Billings, has joined our staff as a Financial Aid Specialist. We are so excited to welcome Judy, as she has 13 years of financial aid experience, ten of them as the Financial Aid Director at Rocky Mountain College. And it's fun to hire old friends! Her main duties are counseling students and parents, reviewing files, and coordinating the scholarship program.
Judy took the position vacated by Mary Holden when Mary took a job as Module Team Lead for the Banner system with MSU-Bozeman. Although we were sad to lose Mary, she is just upstairs. (That sounds like she died and went to heaven, doesn't it? And maybe that's how she feels, getting out of financial aid). ;-) Anyway, we are delighted for Mary.
Trudy Carey, MSU-Billings, formerly known as the Loan Arranger in our office, has accepted the position of Acting Director of Disability Support Services on our campus. She started her new job the first week in August and just loves it. She is finally getting a chance to use that new Masters Degree! We are so proud of her for the huge career advancement!
Shelby Gilluly, MSU-Billings, is our new Loan Specialist, replacing Trudy. Shelby has been our "front line" administrative support for the past 6 months, so this will be a smooth and painless transition for us. Of course, Shelby is having a little pain since she is currently trying to keep up with both jobs until we can go through yet ANOTHER search to fill her old position.
Judy Chapman, MSU-Billings, has a new granddaughter. Olivia Grace was born to her son Jeremy and his wife Joniene on August 12. Oh, Gee! was 6lbs., 13 oz. and 19" long - a little one! Congratulations, Judy!
Trudy Carey's mother, Eugenie Zier, passed away on August 22 after being ill for several months. Trudy's mom was from Conrad, MT, but she had been living in Billings with Trudy's family for the past 1 ½ years. Judy is with MSU-Billings.
Tom Stump, MSU-Bozeman, FA Director, and is also the Director of Auxiliary Services at MSU Bozeman.
Brenda Sebastian, MSU-Bozeman, is the new Associate Director. She was the former Director of Financial Aid at MSU-Great Falls College of Technology.
Dacia Blanchard, MSU-Bozeman, scholarship area, left the office for other opportunities.
Jennifer Augustine, MSU-Bozeman, scholarship area, was married and will be moving with her husband to Washington state. Her last day is August 30th.
Heather Lander, MSU-Bozeman, finished her Bachelor's Degree this summer.
Danelle Whitten, MSU-Great Falls of Technology, has been appointed Acting Director of Financial Aid for one year until a full search is completed.
Dana Freshly, MSU-Great Falls of Technology, will be stepping up into Danelle's job for the year as well.
Utah
This year, the UASFAA Board made the decision to award service awards to our members. We recognized those who have been in the business of "financial aid" for more than 15 years. Because this was our first time, we had a lot of awards to give. Following are the recipients:
| 25+ years: |
| Mike Johnson |
UHEAA |
32 yrs |
| Douglas W. Young |
BYU |
29 yrs |
| Ford Stevenson |
BYU |
29 yrs |
| Terry Bell |
Dixie |
27 yrs |
| Jacque Straub |
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25 yrs |
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| 20-24 yrs: |
| Bill Osborn |
College of Eastern Utah |
23 yrs |
| David Feitz |
UHEAA |
23 yrs |
| Ruth Henneman |
Westminister |
23 yrs |
| Cindy Watkins |
Utah College of Massage Therapy |
22 yrs |
| Jeff Johnson |
Salt Lake CC |
22 yrs |
| Raenetta King |
U of U |
22 yrs |
| Richard O. David |
UHEAA |
21 yrs |
| Teri Vig |
UHEAA |
21 yrs |
| Carolyn Larsen |
BYU |
20 yrs |
| Brenda Cox |
UHEAA |
20 yrs |
| Carolyn Stauffer |
U of U |
20 yrs |
| Duane Bartle |
BYU |
20 yrs |
| Kelly Jensen |
BYU |
20 yrs |
| Lynn Jensen |
BYU |
20 yrs |
| Peggy Leavitt |
Dixie |
20 yrs |
| Vernica Christensen |
U of U |
20 yrs |
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| 15-29 yrs: |
| James Ginos |
UHEAA |
19 yrs |
| Judy Lecheminant |
USU |
19 yrs |
| Norm Finlinson |
BYU |
18 yrs |
| Eric Weber |
Salt Lake CC |
18 yrs |
| Richard Effiong |
Weber |
18 yrs |
| Susan Shipman |
Salt Lake CC |
18 yrs |
| Tula Paras |
Weber |
18 yrs |
| Carol Bonaquisto |
College of Eastern Utah |
17 yrs |
| Charles Downer |
UHEAA |
17 yrs |
| Charmaine Elegante |
College of Eastern Utah |
17 yrs |
| Dorothy Jorgensen |
U of U |
17 yrs |
| Joanna McCormick |
Utah Valley SC |
17 yrs |
| Pat Robertson |
College of Eastern Utah |
17 yrs |
| Randi Bales |
UHEAA |
17 yrs |
| Elaine Woodward |
U of U |
16 yrs |
| Ronelle Corssley |
UHEAA |
16 yrs |
| Cristi Easton |
Salt Lake CC |
15 yrs |
| Karen Clarke |
Weber |
15 yrs |
| Kathy Bixby |
USA Group |
15 yrs |
| Linda Powell |
Weber |
15 yrs |
| Michelle Riddle |
UHEAA |
15 yrs |
| Rita Walker |
University of Phoenix |
15 yrs |
| Todd Martin |
BYU |
15 yrs |
Because NASFAA will be in Salt Lake City in July 2003, the decision was made not to hold a Spring UASFAA Conference so more members can be involved with the NASFAA Conference. Wendy Clarke from the University of Utah has been named the Site-Chair for the NASFAA 2003 Conference.
Wyoming
Linda Loing, WSLC, has volunteered to attend Train the Trainers, Treatment of Resources and Packaging Consideration, in Washington DC in late September. Fall Decentralized training will be held in Thermopolis, WY.
Janelle Hoem, WSLA, and Carle Williams, Northwest Community College, are busy planning the 10th annual WyASFAA's High School Counselors Workshop.
Kudos go out to Sheridan College, Western Wyoming College, Casper College, and Central Wyoming College for a successful conversion to Colleague R17.
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